The 42-year-old native of Nashville was introduced as the 22nd coach in the history of the men’s program and vowed to be successful immediately. This will be his fifth head coaching job at an NCAA Division I program.
Will Wade is not necessarily unique in the annals of NC State basketball: He’s the third Wolfpack head coach since World War II ended who did not play college basketball but has been successful on the bench.
The other two, men’s coach Everett Case and women’s Kay Yow, are both in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
“Well, let’s make it three,” Wade said, to a burst of applause from an eager crowd of media, university dignitaries, supporters and students at Reynolds Coliseum Tuesday afternoon.
Outgoing chancellor Randy Woodson and athletics director Boo Corrigan were on the stage to introduce Wade, while incoming chancellor Kevin Howell and most of the Cabinet and Board of Trustees were seated among the crowd at one of the hallowed halls in the history of college basketball.
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